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At the beginning of 2015, Brent introduced a selective licensing scheme for all private rental properties in Harlesden, Willesden Green and Wembley Central, and licensing of all HMOs in Brent. Brent Council are now consulting on plans to expand their selective licensing across the whole borough. The councils argues this is needed due to evidence of "poorly-managed ... more

Criminal landlords in London should be named and shamed according to a new RLA survey in which members backed Sadiq Khan's plans to create a rogue landlord database. The vast majority of landlords are supporting the proposals - which would publicly name those landlords bringing the Private Rented Sector into disrepute. The findings are based on one of the first surveys of ... more

New planning controls restricting the number of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) have been introduced in the London Borough of Barnet. Last month Barnet Council implemented a borough wide HMO Article 4 Direction to restrict new house and flat shares and bedsits. This means planning permission will be required to convert a single family house (use class C3) to an HMO occupied ... more

Sadiq Khan has been named the new London Mayor after beating closest rival Zac Goldsmith last week – but what does this mean for our landlords in London? Khan has clear plans for the future of housing in the capital – of particular note to the Private Rented Sector proposals for the introduction ... more

The Independent has today claimed that renting an ‘average London flat’ is more expensive than living in most European hotels. A headline grabbing shock statistic ….. but is it actually true? When taking a closer look at the facts there are clear inconsistencies with the newspaper’s statistics. In the article it is claimed that latest figures show that the average rent for ... more